Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is done: Long-awaited report delivered to Trump’s attorney general

Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday turned over his long-awaited final report on the contentious Russia investigation that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency, entangled Trump’s family and resulted in criminal charges against some of the president’s closest associates. The comprehensive report, still confidential, marks the end of Mueller’s probe but sets the stage for big public fights to come. The next steps are up to Trump’s attorney... Read More

Announcing the Launch of the Global Diaspora Institute

The Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College has partnered with the Global Diaspora Network to launch the Institute. With migration becoming a megatrend of our times, the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College has entered into a partnership with the Global Diaspora Network to launch a Global Diaspora Institute which will serve two vital functions: (1) equip, connect, resource, and mobilize missional leaders in diaspora communities in North America and beyond and (2) help churches in North... Read More

Police seek massage parlor customer after worker is slain

A worker at an Oakland Park massage parlor was killed Thursday and detectives want to speak with the man they believe was the last customer to see her alive, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. A coworker at Bing Bing Spa discovered the unresponsive body of Daying Li, 45, at about 10:43 p.m., said Keyla Concepcion, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office. “Arriving deputies confirmed the woman had in fact been murdered,” Concepcion said. How Li was killed was not... Read More

Ron Bergeron: ‘The most important thing I’ve got is my reputation’

Ron Bergeron said Friday he wouldn’t tarnish his reputation by doing anything unethical as a member of the powerful board that supervises South Florida water supplies and restoration of the Everglades. “The most important thing I’ve got is my reputation,” Bergeron said in an interview. “It took me 55 years to have the reputation, and that’s more important than all my success. I just look forward to making a difference in something I know about.” Ron DeSantis continued his... Read More

Two men wore GPS ankle monitors while killing man in Fort Lauderdale, cops say

Two men frog-marched a doomed man through a fence and soon after, five shots rang out on a Sunday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale. One of the two assailants pinned Widell Everett’s arms pinned behind his back. As the slightly built 22-year-old was thrust behind two apartment buildings toward the killing place, he uttered, ‘Come on, man. Damn.’ Those four words, a plea, were perhaps his last. Fort Lauderdale police have arrested Ricardo Dexter Rodrigo Jr., 26, and Arthur Jerome Washington... Read More

Parkland shooting survivor kills herself because of ‘survivor’s guilt,’ parents say

Sydney Aiello, a 19-year-old Parkland shooting survivor who used yoga to manage her grief, killed herself Sunday, according to family and friends. Aiello’s parents told Miami Herald news partner CBS4 … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Has Academic Theology Lost Its Way?

Two theologians ask how their discipline can start mattering to ordinary believers again. Something is rotten in the state of academic theology. That, at least, is the bold claim that Miroslav Volf and Matthew Croasmun advance in their compelling new book, For the Life of the World: Theology That Makes a Difference. Volf and Croasmun fear that academic theology has lost its way, in part by positioning itself in opposition or even hostility to the church and its ordinary believers. Rigorous... Read More

US Catholics Now as Concerned About Persecution as Climate Change or Refugees

But more than a third incorrectly believe Christians suffer less than half of world’s religious freedom violations. American Catholics are growing more concerned about the fate of the world—and with it, Christian persecution. More than 9 in 10 now identify persecution as either “very” or “somewhat” severe. This is roughly the same percentage as an identical poll last year, both sponsored by the US branch of Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).... Read More

Broward Stage Door Theatre shuts down after 25 years in South Florida

Broward Stage Door Theatre, the long-running company beloved for its stagings of Broadway musicals and Neil Simon comedies, has lowered its curtains after 25 years in Broward County, a spokesperson for the theater confirmed on Friday. On Thursday, Stage Door scrapped the three remaining performances of its current musical, “My One and Only,” slated to run through March 24 at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center. In a message posted on Stage Door’s website, the theater’s executive... Read More